Just announced on MSNBC....Ronna McDaniel is OUT.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

As a paid NBC contributor.

Now the statement is bring read by Ari Melber.

[Sympthsical]

1. Got paid for doing basically nothing

Nice gig if you can get it.

[montanacowboy]

2. But they will Continue to bring diverse voices

but she won't be one of them. So who's next? anyone's guess?

[DURHAM D]

10. Liz Cheney

[onecaliberal]

22. She is at least consistent. And not anti American.

[FakeNoose]

45. Maybe Liz Cheney, or possibly Cassidy Hutchinson

I just saw Cassidy on Rachel's show last night, and she handled it really well. She seems to have a presence on camera, and she wasn't intimidated by Rachel. (It seemed to me anyway.)

It kind of made me think MSNBC might be grooming her to become a commentator for the R's who are also never-Trumpers. We'll see how this plays out.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

52. Jen Psaki had Cassidy Hutchinson on last night.

Though a conservative Republican, she at least has values and principles. Ronna Romney McDaniel DOES NOT.

[FakeNoose]

55. You're right - it was Jen Psaki's hour

Cassidy has impressed me as someone who can stand her ground and stick with the facts. Even though I may not agree with her politics, I'll give her a listen because she presents herself well.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

56. I feel the same about Liz Cheney.

I do NOT agree with her politics, but she gives a care for America and democratic norms. She sees TSF as a threat to all we hold dear. There can be disagreement, but not being disagreeable.

[ariadne0614]

12. I'm guessing not Tucker Carlson. n/t

[Xavier Breath]

14. Well, they'll need someone who can best exemplify the Republican party.

So I'm sure NBC execs are pouring over rap sheets as we speak.

[spooky3]

43. Ken Buck? Adam Kinzinger?

If this were 20 or so years ago, I would agree that they should seek “diverse” perspectives (even though many other media outlets do not). But these days so few Republicans are truth seekers and truth tellers, that I don’t care to hear from the rest.

[BigmanPigman]

3. I think the MSNBC hosts

of the news shows complaining hour after hour helped them to see their choice sucked.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

9. my petition got 43 signatures!

It was that good!

[BigmanPigman]

32. Great job!

[SleeplessinSoCal]

59. I hadn't tried the petition at change.org in a long while

I basically put down the basic gist and submitted it. Came back instantly elaborated on and was very impressed. But with who? AI?

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Rachel Madfow was the MOST convincing.

Using facts, words, and recorded actions of McDaniel.

[Mr.Bill]

36. It was refreshing to see they

had some say in the matter. I frankly would have guessed differently. I can't recall ever hearing such unity on a personnel matter and openly criticizing management on the air at a TV network.

[ShazzieB]

41. According to Chuck Todd, the regular NBC folks weren't happy, either.

It sounds like there was quite an uproar over her hiring all the way around!

[agingdem]

64. and how many viewers were ready to walk away from MSNBC

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because a couple of NBC execs thought it was a great idea to hire a MAGA coup accomplice/election denier, particularly at a time when people are turning off cable and turning on podcasts?...I'm guessing tens of thousands...

next up...Steve Bannon...

[BigmanPigman]

65. I think the executives who made this choice

in the first place don't give a damn about anything but money. The greedy asses may have changed this last decision once the MSNBC hosts voiced their anger but they are still greedy asses and will continue to pull this crap when ever they get the opportunity. NBC is just like the rest of the media...greedy traitors. Not all viewers will not forgive and forget this action. They blew it with a significant number of viewers of both MSNBC and NBC! Fuck you, NBC!!!!!

[maxsolomon]

4. Now come the screams of censorship.

Thanks for handing them a cudgel to beat the press with, NBC.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

15. No.

It's an opportunity to get the message out about the integrity of the 2020 election. There is NO SUCH THING as alternate facts.

[maxsolomon]

23. Yes. Fox and AM Hate Radio have captive audiences that don't go outside that bubble. They'll use it.

Never should have hired her but ditching her quickly is the best alternative. It's naive to expect the RWNM to forego exploiting this; it furthers their narrative on the "Liberal Press".

That which does not kill, more grist for the mill.

[Mr.Bill]

38. MSNBC does hire republicans.

Just not the ones who try to overthrow the government.

[SCantiGOP]

50. A win for our side

Otherwise, we would not have had her on air admitting that she had lied about the last election because that was part of her job as head of the RNC.

[appmanga]

26. This kind of comment always...

..breaks me up.

Don't make THEM angry. Don't upset THEM. We need to understand THEM. We're supposed to be the above-it-all fair-at-any-cost people, not like THEM. They can have their "cudgel" and put it where the sun don't shine.

[maxsolomon]

30. It's an unforced error.

I already understand "them", as in the RW media. They need stories to distort and exaggerate to further their "don't believe your eyes" narratives and keep their targets in a haze of resentment. I've lost my McGovern-voting father to their lies.

I'm glad I can amuse you, but stupid mistakes like this aren't funny.

[FakeNoose]

53. Michael Steele is also a former RNC chairman

As far as I know, none of the full-time NBC and MSNBC on-air talent had a problem with him. It's not the previous employment of the person, it's the integrity of the person. They objected to Ronna McDaniel's (lack of) integrity.

[Evolve Dammit]

54. MAGA censored her first

[BOSSHOG]

5. MAGAs should be happy

A radical TV network rejecting diversity. Choosing not to mix lies and hate and ignorance with whatever they offer.

[DURHAM D]

6. How much will Fox pay her?

Do we know how much NBC paid her?

[appmanga]

28. Reportedly...

...by some of the same people who offered their dismay, $300,000. If they don't have an out, they likely offered her a settlement.

[NonPC]

33. Keep Her on the Payroll But Have Her Clean Toilets

Along with the knucklehead executive who thought up this idea.

[lame54]

7. How many McDaniel's in a Scaramucci?

[MOMFUDSKI]

18. Two and

3/5 if it is a Tuesday. Lol

[Xavier Breath]

24. Well, if we count this as her day three

then by my math there's 3.67 McDaniel's in a Scaramucci

[Brother Buzz]

25. Totally DUzy worthy!

[Mr.WeRP]

8. The statement by NBC sounded like gaslighting

“oh we were just responding to our viewers desire for a broad diversity of viewpoints..”

Bullshit. They were trying to pull in Liz Cheney conservatives but ultimately hired someone on the fringe of being a Q-anon member.

[barbaraann]

17. "Viewpoints?"

Journalism isn't about viewpoints. Jesus.

[Mr.WeRP]

20. Indeed

[Cha]

42. TY for that. Didn't mean they should

Get an Anti American on board.

Now they’re responding to Louder Not This freaking gaslit view point

[senseandsensibility]

13. Conde's statement did not acknowledge

why the hiring was a mistake.

[FalloutShelter]

16. Great!

Now let’s apply the same pressure on getting rid of the POS that dominate our MSM every damned day.

[MOMFUDSKI]

19. The tootsie that is on

noontime? YES

[dalton99a]

21. So they gave McDaniel a huge Christmas gift

[Joinfortmill]

27. This is what can be accomplished when people take a stand

Thank You MSNBC program hosts.

[BonnieJW]

29. I had to turn him off

He started rapping again. Can't someone please slap some sense into him

[LetMyPeopleVote]

31. Here is the email

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[Hermit-The-Prog]

37. Piss on the Nazi Broadcasting Corp. Who's the next hire? Kraken or the Ghoul?

[EarnestPutz]

40. I've always given NBC and MSNBC some credit for bringing in different viewpoints. Not when it lurched into.....

......"both-sider-ism", but when it contrasted to the Fox News completely skewed, Right Wing, nutty reporting. I think Ronna was just a bridge too far.

[Ford_Prefect]

34. Gone for the moment until she gets the call from the NYT.

Ahead of the network’s decision, McDaniel spent the day Tuesday interviewing attorneys in preparation for a potential legal battle with NBC, a person familiar with the matter told CNN. Creative Artists Agency, the talent agency that brokered McDaniel’s deal with NBC, also parted ways with her, the person said.

The reversal comes after journalists and anchors at both NBC and its cable news sibling MSNBC publicly denounced the decision to hire McDaniel as a paid analyst in a stunning and unprecedented on-air rebuke of network brass that has embarrassed the Peacock Network.

[iluvtennis]

35. Awesome news! She should've never been hired. Let her go to Newsmax or Fox. n/t

[agingdem]

39. and I suspect the NBC execs that thought it

was a great idea to hire a coup enabler/election denier are on the bye-bye list...

[Cha]

46. They should also

Be on the list to buy out her contract.

[ecstatic]

44. How much money did she make from this 3 day ordeal?

And I'm so glad the NBC staff stood up to their network.

[SCantiGOP]

48. Recent account says she has an attorney

to “explore her options.”
Can’t see where she has even a Trump-like case for defamation.

[ecstatic]

61. uggh. Well hopefully she

doesn't get the whole 300k.

[SCantiGOP]

63. Pay her for the three days

And let her keep her NBC coffee cup.

[aggiesal]

47. I hope it's a good settlement because I heard she's lawyering up. n/t

[erodriguez]

49. Removed

[erodriguez]

51. Damage done. Now McDaniel can cry about the woke mob who cancelled her.

She is just going to get paid from this.

Still not watching NBC until they fire the executives who thought this was a good idea.

[ecstatic]

57. Yep and yep.

What a costly and dumb mistake!

[FakeNoose]

60. I don't think that will become public knowledge

... unless someone like Rachel or Lawrence quietly get the word out. I'm satisfied that even Chuck Todd - along with everyone down the line - objected vehemently. That's enough for me.

[marble falls]

58. what responsible exec is right behind her?

[Upthevibe]

62. Good!

I'm still in such disbelief that they even did this...

[Silent3]

66. I wonder what she'll get paid off to settle the contract dispute?

Sadly, she probably ends up with a really good no-work payday out of this.